Calendar Item: Workshop on Autism Spectrum DisorderReleased November 4, 2009
What: Workshop on Autism Spectrum Disorder
Presented by HCC’s Project Access program
When: 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Where: Room 401, Rouse Company Foundation Student Services Hall
Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland Description: Participants will have the opportunity to learn about autism spectrum disorder, including its background and subtypes, current research, and any associated psychiatric and neurological conditions. Speakers include Audrey Thurm, Ph.D., staff scientist and clinical psychologist, Pediatrics and Developmental Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and currently one of the principal investigators of “Clinical and Immunological Investigation of Subtypes of Autism”; and Elaine Tierney, M.D., Director of the Autism Metabolic Research Program, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Director of the Department of Psychiatry, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Associate Professor, Psychiatry, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Additional Info: Tickets are $35 if purchased before November 24, 2009 and $40 at the door. CEU’s will be available. Funds raised will be put toward Project Access operating expenses. |
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Howard Community College (HCC) is a publicly funded two-year community college serving the educational needs of the citizens and employers in Howard County, Maryland since 1970. With its slogan, “You Can Get There from Here,” the college has forged a variety of partnerships to offer career and transfer programs to over 28,000 students annually at its main campus in Columbia, the Ecker Business Training Center, Laurel College Center, and the historic Belmont Conference Center. Located midway between two major metropolitan areas, Washington DC and Baltimore, MD, Howard Community College is an affordable, community-based institution that has long been recognized for its ability to inspire learning, and the lifelong pursuit of personal and professional goals. Among its many awards is the prestigious U.S. Senate Productivity Award for organizational performance excellence.
